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http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2012/01/13/tv-press-tour-is-the-end-near-for-dexter/#commentsFri, 13 Jan 2012 18:57:28 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/?p=23566So just how long can the corpses keep piling up on “Dexter”? Showtime has ordered two more seasons of the killer drama, but Michael C. Hall’s creepy character could continue his fiendish ways even beyond that, according to network president… Continue Reading →

Showtime has ordered two more seasons of the killer drama, but Michael C. Hall’s creepy character could continue his fiendish ways even beyond that, according to network president David Nevins.

Appearing before reporters at the television critics press tour, Nevins acknowledged that the two-year extension makes for a “likely enpoint,” but that’s not written in stone.

“I’m allowing for the possibility that the plan can change,” he said.

Nevins also addressed the Season 6 finale plotline that had Deb (Jennifer Carptenter) apparently developing romantic feelings for Dexter, her adoptive brother. It’s a turn that has some of the show’s fans cringing.

“That’s a story that will continue next season,” he said. “I’m aware that there’s a certain taboo despite the fact they’re not genetically related. It’s something that has been building for a number of years. … It’s an idea that has informed how they’ve done the show for a long time.”

Nevin, who said he had been pushing the producers to “shake up the formula a bit,” thinks there will be a “fundamentally different dynamic” now that Deb has feelings for Dexter.

“(Dexter) won’t be such a lone wolf,” he said.

Hall and Carpenter, who recently divorced, have been very involved in the story plans, Nevins said, adding that “they have a good relationship, so it’s quite comfortable.”

— The network will do another season of “The Franchise” with a major-league team to be determined soon. Nevins said Season 1 with the San Francisco Giants was a pleasant success. “It really made a mark for us,” he said.

— Showtime has enlisted acclaimed documentary filmmaker R.J Cutler to do a profile of former vice president Dick Cheney.

— The second season of “Episodes” will consist of nine episodes and debut sometime in the summer.